Elton John Death Watch
We all know (don’t we all know?) that bad things happen in threes (except for Presidential terms which happen in twos). Thus, with today’s news of the death of Billy (“Fifth Beatle”) Preston, on top of yesterday’s report of Vince Welnick’s death, we now have two dead rock keyboardists. Don’t climb on any airplanes with Sir Elton.
Come to think of it, maybe Elton’s in the clear—has anyone heard anything from Billy Joel lately?
Billy Preston played with the Beatles (Get Back, Let It Be) as well as the Stones (Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?). Preston had solo hits, Outta Space and Nothing From Nothing (the latter adopted as the unofficial campaign song of John Kerry.) Here’s today’s ODDtrivia:, Billy Preston wrote Joe Cocker’s hit You Are So Beautiful (number one, we are told, on Katie Couric’s iTune playlist.) Preston died of kidney failure at age 59.
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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